Fortune Teller

About

Evoking childhood games, the playful dimension of the Oulipo literary movement, and ancient forms of divination, Fortune Teller draws inspiration from the Yijing, or Book of Changes. This ancestral system, based on eight natural elements and sixty-four trigrams, provides the framework for a poetic and interactive narrative. Confronted with ever-changing messages, each viewer becomes an interpreter, connecting personal memories to the symbols that emerge. Through this act of interpretation, each encounter gives rise to a new story, contributing to the ever-evolving narrative of Fortune Teller. Fortune Teller unfolds through an augmented reality narrative inhabited by Spirits embodied in everyday objects. Some remain hidden, others reveal themselves, and a few even begin to speak. Like a “choose-your-own-adventure” story, each encounter guides the viewer on a quest to find a life companion: one of the Spirits of Fortune Teller. The experience features eye motifs integrated into frescoes and artworks, inviting visitors to bring the surrounding space to life. Animated by these gazes, the exhibition space itself becomes a living narrative, where architecture and imagination merge. Visitors are invited to download the Fortune Teller app for free to awaken each eye and explore a branching, tree-like narrative that reveals the hidden world of Spirits inhabiting the objects around them. In a projection that extends the experience, Fortune Teller brings nature spirits to life as they stream past in a continuous, frenetic flow. When the viewer encounters one of these spirits, a personal message is revealed, accompanied by a dreamlike setting inspired by the movements of nature. Created and directed by Julie Stephen Chheng · Animation: Thomas Pons · Development: Julien Hognon (Volumique) · Music: Apollo Noir · Touch development: Pauline Millet.